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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ian” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ian” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ian” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ian” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ian” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ian” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 -100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 -100%
1928 40 0.000017692 40 -100%
1929 31 0.000014141 31 -100%
1930 45 0.00002024 45 -100%
1931 43 0.000020433 43 -100%
1932 40 0.000018946 40 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 -100%
1934 41 0.000019742 41 -100%
1935 45 0.000021532 45 -100%
1936 44 0.000021179 44 -100%
1937 50 0.000023467 50 -100%
1938 49 0.000022146 49 -100%
1939 61 0.000027684 61 -100%
1940 61 0.000026491 5 56 -84%
1941 62 0.000025447 62 -100%
1942 80 0.000029285 80 -100%
1943 64 0.000022674 64 -100%
1944 68 0.000025278 68 -100%
1945 64 0.000024124 64 -100%
1946 85 0.000026602 85 -100%
1947 111 0.000030813 111 -100%
1948 87 0.000025199 87 -100%
1949 102 0.00002927 102 -100%
1950 123 0.000035109 123 -100%
1951 104 0.000028232 104 -100%
1952 120 0.000031596 120 -100%
1953 157 0.000040741 157 -100%
1954 171 0.000042957 171 -100%
1955 175 0.000043586 175 -100%
1956 194 0.000047053 194 -100%
1957 213 0.000050688 213 -100%
1958 205 0.00004959 205 -100%
1959 208 0.000050024 208 -100%
1960 242 0.00005826 242 -100%
1961 242 0.000058422 242 -100%
1962 281 0.000069634 281 -100%
1963 360 0.00009095 360 -100%
1964 429 0.000110351 429 -100%
1965 495 0.000136535 6 489 -98%
1966 621 0.000178671 621 -100%
1967 771 0.000227106 771 -100%
1968 724 0.000214302 8 716 -98%
1969 832 0.000239402 5 827 -99%
1970 1122 0.000311104 5 1117 -99%
1971 1208 0.000351945 8 1200 -99%
1972 1260 0.000400892 12 1248 -98%
1973 1312 0.000434885 10 1302 -98%
1974 1671 0.000549671 17 1654 -98%
1975 1734 0.000574287 16 1718 -98%
1976 1958 0.000645289 21 1937 -98%
1977 2301 0.000724384 14 2287 -99%
1978 2189 0.000689694 17 2172 -98%
1979 2568 0.000771867 15 2553 -99%
1980 2928 0.000850049 19 2909 -99%
1981 2941 0.000850154 12 2929 -99%
1982 3605 0.001027662 29 3576 -98%
1983 3689 0.001065157 24 3665 -99%
1984 3824 0.001096093 30 3794 -98%
1985 4030 0.001129133 31 3999 -98%
1986 3749 0.001053955 35 3714 -98%
1987 3944 0.00109385 20 3924 -99%
1988 4348 0.001176712 33 4315 -98%
1989 4977 0.001294594 29 4948 -99%
1990 5490 0.001389002 30 5460 -99%
1991 5350 0.001373462 26 5324 -99%
1992 5546 0.001443792 10 5536 -100%
1993 5418 0.001437029 19 5399 -99%
1994 5274 0.001418637 7 5267 -100%
1995 5602 0.0015297 7 5595 -100%
1996 5426 0.001487719 16 5410 -99%
1997 5217 0.001438875 7 5210 -100%
1998 5365 0.001458591 12 5353 -100%
1999 5462 0.001478667 12 5450 -100%
2000 5892 0.00155877 6 5886 -100%
2001 6100 0.001629539 16 6084 -99%
2002 6369 0.00170372 8 6361 -100%
2003 6480 0.001704223 14 6466 -100%
2004 6531 0.001709273 24 6507 -99%
2005 6704 0.001743633 16 6688 -100%
2006 6166 0.001558571 12 6154 -100%
2007 6262 0.001566407 12 6250 -100%
2008 5731 0.001458023 8 5723 -100%
2009 5812 0.001521396 5 5807 -100%
2010 5561 0.001504706 5561 -100%
2011 5633 0.00154 14 5619 -100%
2012 5703 0.001559319 9 5694 -100%
2013 5432 0.001489988 5432 -100%
2014 5467 0.001475026 6 5461 -100%
2015 5342 0.001443428 13 5329 -100%
2016 5088 0.001386868 9 5079 -100%
2017 5043 0.001410158 10 5033 -100%
2018 4710 0.00133963 6 4704 -100%
2019 4557 0.001312903 7 4550 -100%
2020 4278 0.001280617 12 4266 -99%
2021 4307 0.001271271 7 4300 -100%
2022 4509 0.001332787 8 4501 -100%
2023 4561 0.001377448 10 4551 -100%
2024 4555 0.001368484 8 4547 -100%

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